Kolomba Sanniya

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Kolomba Sanniya
Directed by Manik Sandrasagara
Produced by Tyrone Fernando
Starring Geetha Kumarasinghe
Joe Abeywickrema
Denewake Hamine
Freddy Silva
Edie Jayamanne
Don Sirisena
Music by Sunil Shantha
Clarence Wijewardena
Release date(s) Flag of Sri Lanka 1976
Country Sri Lanka
Language Sinhala

Kolomba Sanniya (Colombo Mania) is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and upper class people in rural and urban Sri Lanka. The film stars Geetha Kumarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema and Denewake Hamine are notable for containing the first depiction of best commedy in a Sinhala film.

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[edit] Synopsis

Andare, (Joe Abeywickrema) a rustic villager find a valuable gem when he went to bush to perform his morning ablutions. (no toilets in the village) He sells the gem and buys a house in Colombo. The whole family, Andare's elder sister (Denawaka Hamine), brother Jakolis (Eddie Jayamanne), son (Freddie Silva and daughter (Geetha Kumarasinghe) try their best to get adjusted to the life of Colombo 7 and as they find eventually, it was not an easy task.

[edit] Cast

Geetha Kumarasinghe - Andares's daughter
Joe Abeywickrema - Andare
Denawaka Hamine - Andare's elder sister
Freddy Silva
Edie Jayamanne
Don Sirisena

[edit] Music

The music in the film was composed by Sunil Shantha and Clarence Wijewardena. The song Dum dama dama yana, Dum bara bage... written by Father Marceline Jayakody and music by mastero Sunil Santha.

[edit] References

<http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/5/14772_space.html>

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